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MTG Land Cycles — All 53 Cycles by Type

Every land cycle in Magic: The Gathering, organized by tier. We maintain data on 53 cycles covering 426 individual lands. Each cycle page includes format legality, strategic analysis, and links to our interactive comparison tool and Mana Base Calculator.

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All 53 Land Cycles by Type

  • Fetch Lands — Tap, pay 1 life, sac: search for a land with one of two basic land types. Premium
  • Allied Fetch Lands — Tap, pay 1 life, sac: search for a land with one of two basic land types. Onslaught allied pairs. Premium
  • Original Dual Lands — No drawback. Two basic land types. Reserved List. Premium
  • Shock Lands — Pay 2 life or ETB tapped. Two basic land types — fetchable. Premium
  • Fast Lands — ETB untapped if you control 2 or fewer other lands. Premium
  • Fast Lands (Enemy) — ETB untapped if you control 2 or fewer other lands. Premium
  • Horizon Lands — Tap, pay 1 life: add either color. {1}, tap, sac: draw a card. Premium
  • Bond Lands — ETB untapped if you have 2+ opponents. Premium
  • Pain Lands — ETB untapped. 1 damage for colored mana, free colorless. Premium
  • Check Lands — ETB untapped if you control a matching basic land type. Premium
  • Slow Lands — ETB untapped if you control 2+ other lands. Premium
  • Verge Lands — ETB untapped. Second color requires matching basic land type. Premium
  • Filter Lands — Tap for colorless, or pay one hybrid mana ({W/U} etc.), tap: add two mana in any mix of its two colors. Strong
  • Odyssey Filter Lands — Pay {1}, tap: add one mana of each of two colors. Strong
  • Triomes — ETB tapped. Has 3 basic land types (fetchable). Cycling {3}. Strong
  • Tap Tri-Lands — ETB tapped. Tap for one of three colors. Budget
  • Battle Lands — ETB tapped unless you control 2+ basic lands. Fetchable. Strong
  • Cycling Duals — ETB tapped. Has basic land types (fetchable). Cycling {2}. Strong
  • Surveil Lands — ETB tapped. Surveil 1. Fetchable (has basic land types). Premium
  • Snow Duals — ETB tapped. Snow land with two basic land types — fetchable. Budget
  • Typed Duals — ETB tapped. Two basic land types — fetchable. No abilities. Budget
  • Slow Fetches — ETB tapped. Tap, sac: search for a land with one of two basic types. Budget
  • MH3 Spell Lands — MDFC. Front is a spell, back is an ETB tapped dual land. Strong
  • Pathway Lands — MDFC. Choose a side (untapped, one color once played). Strong
  • Reveal Lands — ETB untapped if you reveal a card with a matching land type from hand. Strong
  • Lorwyn Tribal Lands — Reveal a card of its creature type (e.g. Merfolk) from hand or ETB tapped. Strong
  • Unique Duals — One-of-a-kind dual lands with unique mechanics. Strong
  • Haunt Lands — ETB tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. Strong
  • Creature Lands — ETB tapped. Can animate into a creature with abilities. Strong
  • Creature Lands (Enemy) — ETB tapped. Can animate into a creature with abilities. Strong
  • Restless Creature Lands — ETB tapped. Can animate into a creature. Strong
  • Bounce Lands — ETB tapped. Return a land to hand. Tap for two mana ({W}{U} etc.). Budget
  • Bridge Lands — Artifact land. ETB tapped. Indestructible. Budget
  • Tainted Lands — Tap for colorless, or colored if you control a Swamp. All Black-paired. Budget
  • Scry Temples — ETB tapped. Scry 1. Budget
  • Campus Lands — ETB tapped. Pay 4, tap: Scry 1. Budget
  • Clue Room Lands — ETB tapped. Pay 4, tap: Investigate (create a Clue token). Budget
  • Sacrifice-Draw Lands — ETB tapped. {2} + both colors, tap, sacrifice: draw a card. Budget
  • Gain Lands — ETB tapped. Gain 1 life. Budget
  • Tempest Pain Duals — ETB tapped. Free colorless, or one of two colors for 1 damage. Budget
  • Guildgates — ETB tapped. Gate subtype. Budget
  • Desert Lands — ETB tapped. Deals 1 damage to target opponent on entry. Desert subtype. Budget
  • Avatar Lands — ETB tapped. Pay 4 + tap + sacrifice: draw a card. Budget
  • Spider-Man Lands — ETB tapped. Pay 4 + tap: Surveil 1. Budget
  • Final Fantasy Town Lands — ETB tapped. No abilities. Land — Town subtype. Budget
  • Marvel Super Heroes Conditional Dual Lands — ETB untapped. Colored mana only if it entered this turn or you control a basic land. Strong
  • Secrets of Strixhaven Surveil Lands — ETB tapped. Surveil 1 for {2} plus both colors. Budget
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gain Lands — ETB tapped. Gain 1 life on entry. Budget
  • Marvel Super Heroes Lands — ETB tapped. Gain 1 life. Budget
  • Refuge Lands — ETB tapped. Gain 1 life. Allied pairs only (Zendikar). Budget
  • Panoramas — Tap for colorless. {1}, tap, sac: search for a basic land of one of three types, put it onto the battlefield tapped. Budget
  • Storage Lands — ETB untapped. Tap for colorless. Add/remove storage counters for colored mana. Budget
  • Lairs — ETB untapped. Return a non-Lair land you control or sacrifice it. Tap for one of three colors. Budget

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